From the Colorado Health Institute's Pueblo Insurance Study:
Where there are lower income households and more people over age 65, there will be a higher percentage of the population on Medicare, Medicaid and CHP+, resulting in providers needing to shift more costs to commercial payers. In 2005, Pueblo had 41.7% of ...
A common, and flawed, justification for mandatory medical insurance is that the uninsured drive up the costs of insurance premiums. You know, by using the emergency room for their medical care. Yet, as I've noted before, Medicaid patients burden ERs more than the uninsured. Worse yet, Medicaid and Medicare increase ...
An article in last week's Washigton Post shows how when you empower government to provide health insurance, you allow politicians to determine how, when, and if you get medical care:
Facing a severe budget shortfall, Rhode Island officials are seeking unprecedented authority to rein in Medicaid spending in a move that has alarmed ...
From 9 News:
Legislators grilled the state's health care agency Monday over multi-million dollar mistakes and the firing of a whistle-blower, but the agency denied there was any wrongdoing.
"A smoke-and-mirrors game is being played," said Rep. Frank McNulty (R-Douglas County) on the legislative audit committee. "Something is dead wrong at the ...
This post is about incremental persuasion and Medicare, and is intended for those who value each individual's freedom to choose whether or not to give to charity, which charity to support, and persuading others to share the same value. If this does not describe you, I beg of you not ...
I like Ted Kennedy's slogan "Medicare for all." It reminds voters that America already has a highly successful, popular single-payer program, albeit only for the elderly. — Paul Krugman, June 13 2005
How "highly successful" is Medicare? Consider the following story from ABC News:
The Houston Chronicle reported last week that more ...
A common rationale for compulsory insurance is that the uninsured get their medical care from emergency rooms for free, and pass on the cost to the insured. I debunked this reasoning in an earlier post. Yet, for those who do not agree with my critique (if you don't agree, please ...
In a letter printed in the Rocky Mountain News last week, Diana Hsieh reminds us that the principle behind Medicaid, and all government-run charities (a.k.a. "entitlement programs") is the foundation of Marxism:
Parents, not society, should care for kids
Gov. Bill Ritter touted his health-care reforms as the "building blocks" of ...
To:
Stephen Kapanos, Vice President Public Policy & Advocacy
Bill Lindsay and Penfield Tate, Health Care Committee, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Elisabeth Arenales, Esq., Director, Health Care Program, Colorado Center on Law and Policy
Mental Health America of Colorado, Colorado Center on Law and Policy, and the Denver Metro Chamber of ...
I've written about the injustices of Medicaid: It provides lousy care, make prescriptions more expensive for everyone, and fosters government dependence by inhibiting self-reliance. And get this, last week the Wall Street Journal reported that state governments use it as a money laundering scheme (HT, FIRM).
Too bad you become a ...
